Loins vs Roins - What's the difference?

loins | roins |


As a noun loins

is .

As an adjective roins is

.

Other Comparisons: What's the difference?

loins

English

Noun

(head)
  • The lower abdomen, groin and genitalia.

    • Derived terms

    * fruit of one's loins * gird up one's loins

    Related terms

    * lumb-, lumbo- * lumbago * lumbar * lumbosacral

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    roins

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (roin)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • roin

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) runger, ultimately of imitative origin.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To growl; to roar.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
    • Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne , when salvage choler gan redound.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ruinne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.
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